The Heart Sellers in the Press

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The Heart Sellers in the Press

Posted on: January 20, 2026

by Seattle Rep

Check out what Seattle audience and critics are saying about The Heart Sellers, on stage at Seattle Rep through February 1st, 2026.

Audience & Critic Reviews

Seattle Rep Audiences:

“Beautiful, heart-wrenching, and delightfully irreverent."

“I thought The Heart Sellers was a little jewel of a play that allowed me to be a fly on the wall of a budding friendship that was funny, sweet, and poignant. I learned something new about the Hart–Celler Act and was absorbed into the visceral experience of these two women’s immigration journeys. We were immigrants too when I was three years old, and the play found a place in me that is rarely touched anymore.”

"The play was phenomenal. The actors moved seamlessly through the changes in tone and movements as we got to know someone."

"The actors' comic timing and performance earned them a standing ovation."

Seattle Area Press:

The Stranger: “Brought me to laughter and to tears”

“The Heart Sellers, a one-act play with only two actors, is small and it is intimate. Because of [Becca Q.] Co’s nimble acting from comedic to sentimental and [Seoyoung] Park’s tender trepidation mixed with genius physical comedy, I left the theater caring for these characters.”

The Sound On Stage: "...both rooted in its time and urgently relevant today, offering a powerful reminder that progress is not just measured in laws or policy, but in moments of shared humanity..."

BroadwayWorld: "...deeply moving and heartfelt"

"The Heart Sellers is an incredibly topical and important piece of work, and these two performers and the creative team absolutely knock it out of the park. If you are in the market for a heartwarming, critical, and topical night of art. This might just be the show for you."

Encore: "a tender and emotional piece"

"The Heart Sellers taps into something deeper and more universal than just a story of new friendship."

"We temporarily forget our own worries by traveling in time to 1973..."

"It’s a performance to be absorbed and taken with us after the lights go up, the cell phones are turned back on, and as we walk out the door, back into our own time."